Any love for the Walkin' Blues from Without a Net (10/23/89 I think?)? Brent's organ on this one - I love it. Chum-chum-K-chunka-chumm... For me it's almost impossible to beat well-played classic B3 / Leslie sound for keyboards, preferably mixed loud.

Any love for the Walkin' Blues from Without a Net (10/23/89 I think?)? Brent's organ on this one - I love it. Chum-chum-K-chunka-chumm... For me it's almost impossible to beat well-played classic B3 / Leslie sound for keyboards, preferably mixed loud.

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“Woke up this morning, felt around for my shoes. That’s when I knew I had them, them ol’ walkin’ blues“

Went to the recent meet up at the movies. Never felt the “rock star” Bobby more than I did that night. Camera angles were tight. Quite the production. Gotta think Bobby liked himself up on the big screens.

Lone Star Dead (the Friday night Dead show on KNON 89.3 out of Dallas) played the bulk of 4/6/87 from Meadowlands tonight. Great show to listen to while I picked up the house, watched my Rangers beat up the Yankees, and enjoyed a Martin House Magnolia Malt Liquor in between.

Lone Star Dead (the Friday night Dead show on KNON 89.3 out of Dallas) played the bulk of 4/6/87 from Meadowlands tonight. Great show to listen to while I picked up the house, watched my Rangers beat up the Yankees, and enjoyed a Martin House Magnolia Malt Liquor in between.

I had to cut it short earlier at TIFTOO and didn’t make it to the Dark Star. I do enjoy a ‘68 “Dark Star” a lot, although I personally wouldn’t take it so far regarding the ‘73s. Much to my surprise, what I’ve found that I love in primal Dead even more than “Dark Star” is “Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl”. Even though, at least based on the first listen, I didn’t think the 10-20-68 Schoolgirl reached the same level of perfection as the 8-24-68 version from Two From the Vault, I’d still say that one can never have too many Schoolgirls under their belt.

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I still have a little energy left for some GoGD tonight, but I’m thinking I could use some visual stimulation so I’m going to put on The Grateful Dead Movie.

I do enjoy a ‘68 “Dark Star” a lot, although I personally wouldn’t take it so far regarding the ‘73s. Much to my surprise, what I’ve found that I love in primal Dead even more than “Dark Star” is “Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl”. Even though, at least based on the first listen, I didn’t think the 10-20-68 Schoolgirl reached the same level of perfection as the 8-24-68 version from Two From the Vault, I’d still say that one can never have too many Schoolgirls under their belt.

I still have a little energy left for some GoGD tonight, but I’m thinking I could use some visual stimulation so I’m going to put on The Grateful Dead Movie.

I am aware of the disparity between the common perception of the line and its actuality, but you are correct to call me out. Nothing worse than a wise-ass who can't sort his Hollywood references. So, I'll leave y'all with a proper quote to fill in, in honor of @SBegonias17's birthday (bonus points for those who get the reference without using google or other such nonsense and get it right): The prisoners got one hot meal a day: __________.

Speaking of the evolution of “Playin’ in the Band”, anyone know the first version to feature Donna’s battle cry? The version from 3/28/72 features a righteous one, but then I put on the 3/23/72 version from the Rockin’ the Rhein bonus disc and there was no Donna. I don’t have the 3/27/72 version handy to check. I recall reading somewhere, probably here, that, aside from a guest appearance sometime near the end of ‘71, Donna’s first appearance as a member of the group was sometime during this Academy of Music run of performances, which certainly would explain her absence on the 3/23 and presence on the 3/28 versions.

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My wife loves "Playin'" but can't stand Donna's wail. I point out that it lasts maybe five seconds, but that fails to placate her. She never lets it pass in silence.

I am aware of the disparity between the common perception of the line and its actuality, but you are correct to call me out. Nothing worse than a wise-ass who can't sort his Hollywood references. So, I'll leave y'all with a proper quote to fill in, in honor of @SBegonias17's birthday (bonus points for those who get the reference without using google or other such nonsense and get it right): The prisoners got one hot meal a day: __________.

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A bowl of steam.

On point, a demo version of Pride Of Cucamonga came up on my shuffle tonight. Just Phil and an acoustic guitar, probably him. I never paid a whole lot of attention to the lyrics before but it sounds like Bobby Petersen's autobiography. A real interesting character.

Wrote lyrics for 3 Grateful Dead tunes on record and the legendary Revolutionary Hamstrung Blues which got played once in concert.

Does anyone know why the band dropped the William Tell bridge for Aoxomoxoa?

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They originally recorded the whole St. Stephen>Eleven for Aoxomoxoa, including the bridge (complete with bagpipes!), but once they decided to drop the Eleven, the bridge followed.
Many people say that bridge is really part of St. Stephen, but it was only performed along with the Eleven. All the Stephens played before and after its pairing with the Eleven ended with the answer man. I suppose the bridge is a separate piece that doesn't belong to either song individually.

Earlier this week I rolled the Relisten random show dice and landed on Boston Gahden 9/30/93, the last show of a 6-show run there (the last 3 of which I attended; I was back east for a weekend family wedding and caught the three weekday MSG shows before the wedding festivities and the 3 weekday Boston shows after them). Not a great setlist, but other than Lucy and the Sky with Diamonds, which was fun at the timebut wasn’t built for the ages, it’s a very well played show. Really nice latter day Crazy fingers and then a well played Other One->Wharf Ray out of Space. Don’t think I’d heard it since that night.

Tonight I decided to reach into the Europe trunk for the first time in a while. Back when I marathoned this box when it came out, I have to admit I was getting the aural equivalent of palate fatigue when I got to the Lyceum run, so, other than 5/26/72, which was an obvious standout and has gotten several plays, I didn’t focus on the other shows in that run as much as I could have, and haven’t gone back to the others since either, so I figure it is time to revisit that run starting with 5/23 tonight. Plus I was in the mood for a China Cat->Rider after catching up on the thread, so a Europe ‘72 show I don’t know that well seemed to be in order.